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Yes, this bugs me too. Fairy has an infamous teleport bot in Jeuno (note the last day's purchases and keep in mind that it never got the Vahzl crystal), whom I've long suspected of having RMT connections. (I've never hung around Whitegate long enough to know which are the telebots there.) And for what it's worth, I've seen it randomly say "hi" once in a while, too, so maybe that's part of its script. One time I idled overnight at a crag and my log was full of it going back and forth, so whether it's a bot or just a borg, it operates 24/7. I for one will be so glad to see that particular bot gone. I know people must have been suspecting it had RMT connections, but just didn't care and fed it gil anyhow. Guess why nobody bothers to teletaxi even on the rare day when it isn't logged in?
Well, I noticed yesterday when I was in Whitegate that there are a lot of people looking for teleports. I even got one comment in /p chat while teletaxiing implying that the telebots were missing. And now the Jeuno bot is gone again. It sometimes vanishes for a day or two, even when it's not right after an update, so I'm not celebrating just yet.
I sure hope this new RMT-pwner thing will find them if the gil really is going to RMT. I'm eagerly awaiting this month's STF unit report. Just seeing them even acknowledge in a report that there is such a thing as an RMT telebot would make my day. I find it hard to believe that they aren't aware of telebots yet. But it would be like them to know, and keep quiet about it until they can nuke them for good all at once.
As for the amount of gil, being the monopoly teleporter from Jeuno probably brings in quite a bit of gil, even at 1K per, and it's completely automated, so you don't even have to hire a Chinese wage slave to keep it going. It may not be as much gil as from fish bots and (pre-patch) bird blood farming, and maybe that's why STF hasn't done anything about it yet -- it may be psychological warfare to let them keep running until after the RMT have been sufficiently demoralized from the recent fishing crackdowns.
Maybe SE should put teleport/D2/Retrace/Recall NPCs in Jeuno/WG, but have them charge 5k-10k or more per teleport, and a varying scale by demand like chocobos, so as not to discourage tele-taxiing by players. It sure seems to be a good way to sink more excess gil out of the economy.
Yes, this bugs me too. Fairy has an infamous teleport bot in Jeuno (note the last day's purchases and keep in mind that it never got the Vahzl crystal), whom I've long suspected of having RMT connections. (I've never hung around Whitegate long enough to know which are the telebots there.) And for what it's worth, I've seen it randomly say "hi" once in a while, too, so maybe that's part of its script. One time I idled overnight at a crag and my log was full of it going back and forth, so whether it's a bot or just a borg, it operates 24/7. I for one will be so glad to see that particular bot gone. I know people must have been suspecting it had RMT connections, but just didn't care and fed it gil anyhow. Guess why nobody bothers to teletaxi even on the rare day when it isn't logged in?
Well, I noticed yesterday when I was in Whitegate that there are a lot of people looking for teleports. I even got one comment in /p chat while teletaxiing implying that the telebots were missing. And now the Jeuno bot is gone again. It sometimes vanishes for a day or two, even when it's not right after an update, so I'm not celebrating just yet.
I sure hope this new RMT-pwner thing will find them if the gil really is going to RMT. I'm eagerly awaiting this month's STF unit report. Just seeing them even acknowledge in a report that there is such a thing as an RMT telebot would make my day. I find it hard to believe that they aren't aware of telebots yet. But it would be like them to know, and keep quiet about it until they can nuke them for good all at once.
As for the amount of gil, being the monopoly teleporter from Jeuno probably brings in quite a bit of gil, even at 1K per, and it's completely automated, so you don't even have to hire a Chinese wage slave to keep it going. It may not be as much gil as from fish bots and (pre-patch) bird blood farming, and maybe that's why STF hasn't done anything about it yet -- it may be psychological warfare to let them keep running until after the RMT have been sufficiently demoralized from the recent fishing crackdowns.
Maybe SE should put teleport/D2/Retrace/Recall NPCs in Jeuno/WG, but have them charge 5k-10k or more per teleport, and a varying scale by demand like chocobos, so as not to discourage tele-taxiing by players. It sure seems to be a good way to sink more excess gil out of the economy.
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